Kernza is a perennial grain that can produce an annual crop, even as it stays in the ground for up to four years. Its deep root system make it a sustainable crop, but the grain doesn't have many ...

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Jason Thompson shows three different types of the seeds that they use in various formats at the Bluejay Brewing in downtown. Credit: Sophie Proe, St. Louis Public Radio On a recent weekday afternoon, ...

MOORHEAD -- Don Wyse has long been an evangelist for perennial crops. The University of Minnesota professor, who leads the U of M Forever Green Initiative, now thinks the potential of those crops is ...

Perennial grains could lower the carbon footprint of farming, and help slow global warming. SALINA, Kansas — Ebony Murell and a few interns meticulously sort 99 kinds of silphium. It’s a wild relative ...

Most vegetables grown in home gardens are annuals. They wither and die at the end of the season and need to be replanted every year to reap more crops. But if you're short on time or money, don't want ...

Twin Cities chef Karyn Tomlinson may have been far removed from her popular St. Paul restaurant, Myriel. But she felt right at home. Saturday’s event at Seven Mile Creek County Park brought together a ...

Don Wyse's field of winter barley used to be mostly empty in the spring. Eight years ago, just a tenth of the grain would survive the winter in this experimental field in St. Paul. But this year, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Producers can break even in as little as two years But seed, planting costs challenge economics Landowners can frustrate farmers’ cover crop hopes This is the second part of our four-part series ...

Thousands of farmers in China have started to grow a remarkable new version of rice, one that realizes an old scientific dream. It's a perennial form of the grain, which doesn't have to be planted ...